Stories
- Article
Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
- Article
Drug sharing in desperate times
When Nicole was threatened with deportation, her mental health deteriorated. Now without a job, a passport or a doctor, she depends on others to send her their leftover anxiety drugs.
- Article
The solidarity of sickness
Visiting an injured friend in hospital prompts writer Sinéad Gleeson to reflect on the instant rapport forged between compatriots in the kingdom of the sick.
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Deciding a date for the end of the world
When will the world end? Charlotte Sleigh explores how our obsession with dates and dramatic imaginings of the end can distract us from the dangers slowly creeping up on us.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence (ISDD)
Date: 1969-1980Reference: PP/WDP/F/7Part of: Paton, Sir William Drummond Macdonald (1917-1993), Pharmacologist- Archives and manuscripts
ISDD (Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence)
Date: 1986-1999Reference: SA/DRS/A/2Part of: DrugScope- Books
Heroin / Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.Date: 1996- Books
Amphetamines / Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.Date: 1996- Books
Solvents / Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.
Institute for the Study of Drug Dependence.Date: 1997